SBShelbys Bridge
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About Shelbys Bridge
In Sudan, Texas, Shelbys Bridge creates training and employment opportunities for people with developmental disabilities. Through culinary arts, floral design, retail merchandising, community work, and the Sunshine Cafe, it gives rural disabled students access to opportunities that are often easier to find in urban communities. Your support helps sustain a place where training can lead into employment.
Shelbys Bridge puts its training into practice through the Sunshine Cafe, floral preparation, retail merchandising, and community work with two area food banks. Its focus is especially clear: expanding training and employment access for people with developmental disabilities in rural Texas.
Programs
The concrete work this nonprofit runs. Each program may later become a fundable project.
Culinary arts training
Training in culinary arts for people with developmental disabilities.
Floral preparation and design training
Training in floral preparation and design.
Retail merchandising training
Training in retail merchandising.
Sunshine Cafe
A cafe offering breakfast and lunch items, including sandwiches, chicken dishes, grilled cheese, and kids meals.
Community work opportunities
Opportunities for clients, referred to as friends, to work in the community, including work with two area food banks.
About this work
Mission
To create a functioning example of a self-sustaining ecosystem to train and employ disabled people, so rural disabled students have the same access to training and employment as urban students. Shelbys Bridge serves people with developmental disabilities in Texas.
Who they serve
People with developmental disabilities in Texas, including rural disabled students and clients seeking training and employment opportunities.
Grant support
$772,500 from 4 funders · through 2024 (IRS 990 records).
- JE AND LE MABEE FOUNDATION INC — $150,000 (2024)COMMUNITY OUTREACH
- FMH FOUNDATION — $135,000 (2024)PROGRAM EXPENSE
- The Moody Foundation — $60,000 (2024)Assistance with the Building Bigger Bridges project
- COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WEST TEXAS — $10,000 (2024)GENERAL SUPPORT
- FMH FOUNDATION — $110,000 (2023)PROGRAM EXPENSE
- F M H FOUNDATION — $120,000 (2022)PROGRAM EXPENSE
- COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WEST TEXAS — $7,500 (2022)TOOLS FOR OUR FRIENDS
- F M H FOUNDATION — $120,000 (2021)PROGRAM EXPENSE
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this nonprofit and how its work happens.
What types of training does Shelbys Bridge provide?
Training includes culinary arts, floral preparation and design, and retail merchandising.
What is the Sunshine Cafe?
The Sunshine Cafe is a Shelbys Bridge cafe serving breakfast and lunch items, including sandwiches, chicken dishes, grilled cheese, and kids meals.
Do Shelbys Bridge clients have opportunities to work in the community?
Yes. Shelbys Bridge provides community work opportunities for its clients, referred to as friends, including work with two area food banks.
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